THE LONGEST WAY 1.0 - 350 days of hiking through China - TIMELAPSE

In 2008, I walked through China - 1 year, 4500km. I let my hair and my beard grow. This is the resulting video. UPDATE: ▶ I have decided to continue my walk home from China to Germany. I’m currently in Turkey, or about halfway through.I post daily videos on this channel, and I blog about it here: ABOUT THIS VIDEO: ▶ I didn’t finish my original goal of walking to Germany in 2008. Instead, I walked for a year and roughly 4500km, passed the Gobi desert, and then decided to stop walking. ▶ All of the distance from Beijing to Ürümqi was completed solely on foot, straight good old walking. There are instances where you can see me in the video sitting on a plane or riding a boat, but those are during breaks I had to take from walking, either to sort out bureaucracy issues or to take care of some personal things. ▶ I had been planning this trip for over a year before I even started, and getting as far as I got was an experience for which I am very grateful. ▶ Obtaining the necessary visa for a trip like this was not very easy, hence I had to go back to Beijing a few times to resolve some issues. ▶ This is not a strict “1 pic a day“ video, because I wanted to make it a bit more alive by adding some additional movement. Sometimes during the film you would follow me turn around, or something would happen in the background. I tried to capture these moments to make the video more interesting. ▶ If you liked the music I used in this video, get it here: The Kingpins - “L’Aventurier“ Zhu Fengbo - “Olive Tree“ ▶ The core of this project is in actually my blog where I have posted my extensive travel diary, starting from day 1 (Nov 9th 2007) and describing every single day until the end one year later. Get stuff: If you have any ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, please refer to: ▶▶▶ or get the GOOGLE EARTH FILE here (1KB): ▶ AWARDS: ▶ 2009 Boulder Adventure Film Festival ▶ 2010 Berlin Webcuts ▶ 2010 Banff Mountain Film Festival ▶ 2011 Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival ▶ 2011 5th International Mountain Film Festival Domžale ▶ 2011 Squamish Mountain Festival ▶ 2011 Mezinárodný Festival Horských Filmov, Poprad ▶ 2011 Vertical Film Festival, Moscow ▶ 2009 #8 viral video INSPIRATION: ▶ madandcrazychild (she takes a photo every day) ▶ NK5000 (Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 6 years) ▶ mattharding2718 (Where the Hell is Matt? 2008) CONNECT WITH ME: ▶OFFICIAL SITE: ▶FACEBOOK: ▶TWITTER: ▶WEIBO: ▶▶▶SUBSCRIBE to Christoph Rehage: REISEERZÄHLUNG “THE LONGEST WAY“ (PIPER/MALIK) ERHÄLTLICH: ▶Amazon: ▶Hugendubel: ▶Thalia: BILDBAND “CHINA ZU FUSS“ (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC) ERHÄLTLICH: ▶Amazon: ▶Hugendubel: ▶Thalia: